Since Django is mapping each model to a table. I am not able to create packages in my code. Where I can wrap sections of the class to make it more logical and increase the coupling.
For example
class Employee(models.Model):
#personal information
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
middle_initial = models.CharField(max_length=1)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
dob = models.DateField()
#job contract information
full_time = models.BooleanField()
hours_per_day = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
#.. and more
What I am trying to do is this
employee.job.is_full_time
employee.job.get_hours_per_day
# and more
However this means that I have to create a new model and connect it with the employee model using OneToOneField. I don't want to do that .. joins in the database are expensive. Is there anyway to create something like this ?
class Employee(models.Model):
class PersonalInformation:
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
middle_initial = models.CharField(max_length=1)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
dob = models.DateField()
class Job:
full_time = models.BooleanField()
hours_per_day = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
#.. and more
The main key to the answer is to create a model that contain multiple classes which are going to be mapped to one table in the database.
